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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

This made it possible for the Committee of Internal Public Audit of the Ministry of Finance (CIPA) to block attempts to conduct single-source procurement, without proper justification, even at the procurement planning stage. In 2022, according to the Ministry of Finance, single-source purchases reduced from 39% to 25% in comparison with 2021.

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries. Spending, taxation, public investment, debt management and financing policies can contribute to transform the behavior of different economic actors. C as possible. The following is a summary of the main opportunities found in this new publication.

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The Development of Treasury Bond Market Programs in Fragile Countries: The Case of Haiti

Inter-American Development Bank

Treasury bond markets play a pivotal role in the economic development and fiscal management of fragile countries, as they allow governments to secure funds from both the public and institutional investors, reducing the pressure on governments to print out money to finance their budgets. of GDP from 0.3% percent of GDP in 2023 from 2.9

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5 best practices for accelerating research computing with AWS

AWS Public Sector

Drivers for data regulation enforcement include: a) increases in cyber-attacks on research data; b) growth of large datasets and artificial intelligence (AI) in research, which needs more complete datasets, and c) more healthcare, finance, and manufacturing datasets, which introduce domain-specific requirements.

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Powering the generative AI era: What you missed at the AWS Public Sector Symposium Brussels

AWS Public Sector

Central to the event were the themes of generative AI, sustainability, security, and—importantly for Europe—digital sovereignty. They launched Falcon LLMs , three foundational large language models, to facilitate research in healthcare, finance, education, and more.

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Advances in the new international taxation and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Description of Pillars 1 and 2 In essence, Pillar 1 creates a mechanism for distributing the so-called “Amount A”, a fraction (25%) of residual profits, which affects approximately the 100 largest (with a turnover of more than 20 billion euros) and most profitable (more than 10% of profit on sales) multinationals in the world.

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The Global Minimum Tax is a Game Changer: Learn About the Main Tax Policy Trade-offs

Inter-American Development Bank

In practical terms, the global minimum tax will promote a fairer distribution of taxing rights among countries and prevent multinational corporations from shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions.

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